I was quite offended!

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A couple of weeks ago I bought a washing machine on Ebay. It was just what I wanted for the place I have been renovating. I cleared the junk out of my car and drove over to collect it. When I arrived at the address as arranged, the seller, a man, looked a bit surprised and said ‘Who sent you to pick it up?' I said ‘I did’. He muttered something about expecting something different and went off to fetch it, with me following to help him carry it to my car. But when I got to the door he refused to let me help, even though I explained that it would be me getting it out at the end of the trip. Instead he called his wife to assist, a woman who looked perhaps a little younger than me but appeared and smelled like a heavy smoker. The two of them got it to the car and we all manipulated it inside. Then he comforted himself by saying ‘I’m sure there’ll be someone there to help you’. I don’t know why he thought he knew more about my domestic arrangements than I did. Maybe he thought I was feeble-minded as well as being a frail little old lady. Well I drove it back and unloaded it and got it into the house without assistance. It’s surprising what you can do with the aid of a plank of wood when you need to All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2023.